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Dr. Clos named in top 100 on armed violence reduction  
Nairobi, 15 Jul 13
UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr Joan Clos has been named as one of the top 100 most influential actors in the global fight against armed violence.

The list, which was compiled by Action On Armed Violence, features prominent United Nations leaders, government officials, executives of non-governmental organisations and non-profit bodies, celebrities and survivors of violence who work in various capacities to reduce and prevent armed violence. According to the organisation armed violence which kills more than half a million people each year.

World mayors commit to make cities crime and violence free  
New York, 14 Mar 13
Mayors from across the globe met Thursday at the United Nations, New York, where the main outcome was their stated determination to make cities free from violence and crime.
South Serbia Safety Councils Learn Lessons from Vojvodina  
Novi Sad and Bečej, 31 Jan 13
The Regional Safety Strategy Working Group from the municipalities of Jablanica and Pcinja districts last week visited the government of the Autonomous Province (AP) of Vojvodina in Novi Sad to learn best practices from the area.
Making cities safer for girls  
Naples, 12 Sept 12
UN-Habitat joined hands with Plan International and Women in Cities International at the World Urban Forum this month to launch a new programme at making cities safer for girls. 
UN-Habitat launches the Global Network on Safer Cities  
Naples, Italy, 5 Sept 12
UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos, on Monday launched the Global Network on Safer Cities.
Improving urban public spaces  
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico , 5 Dec 11
UN-HABITAT has formally notified the Federal Government of Mexico that it will support efforts to institutionalize the recovery of urban public spaces, and to share its experiences with other countries in the region and globally.

The announcement follows a three-day seminar 22-25 November on inclusive public spaces for sustainable cities which drew more than 350 local and international delegates.
Safer cities, safer lives: no more child soldiers in Somalia  
Mogadishu, 24 Nov 11
In a rare visit to the Somali capital by a senior United Nations official, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, announced on Thursday that she had secured a commitment from the Prime Minister and President of Somalia to end the recruitment of children by the Transitional Federal Government.
Strong commitment on disaster risk in Myanmar  
Yangon, 25 Oct 11
Myanmar, a country prone to natural hazards, has shown positive progress in the areas of early warning, emergency preparedness and responses in recent years. Now, the Government is stepping up cooperation with global and regional partners to reach its long-term target of becoming a disaster resilient country.
UN-HABITAT and UNODC release guidelines to help prevent crime in urban areas.  
Nairobi, Kenya, 14 Sept 11
Under the Safer Cities Program, UNODC and UNHABITAT have issued a handbook to help prevent crime in cities and towns.
Secretary-General sorrow at Kenya explosion  
Nairobi, 12 Sept 11
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his sorrow and sympathy for the families of the victims of a petrol pipeline explosion in a dense Nairobi slum on Monday which claimed scores of lives and left many injured.
Green spaces for Gaza  
Gaza City, Palestine, 10 Aug 11
UN-HABITAT said this week that a newly restored park in an area damaged during a 2009 Israeli raid had inspired the building of more green spaces in the Gaza Strip as local residents and the agencies working with them to build back better.
UN-HABITAT supporting favela peace and integration programme  
Rio de Janeiro, 17 May 11
Representatives from several of the poorest neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro recently praised the authorities for instituting a new peace and anti-crime drive, aimed at making the streets safer, cleaner and ensuring better basic service delivery.
Mumbai hosts human security workshop and study visit  
Mumbai, 26 Mar 11
Some 35 people participated in the Human Security Workshop and Study Visit held March 23-26, 2011 in Mumbai, India.
Ouagadougou hosts urban security meeting  
Ouagadougou, 16 Feb 11
The Joint Programme on Strengthening Urban Security in Ouagadougou (PCRSU, in French), recently held a sensitization workshop sensitization workshop on the institutionalization of integrated crime and violence prevention approach/initiative and a training on the establishment of local safety committees
Safer cities for women  
New Delhi, 2 Dec 10
UN-HABITAT and UNIFEM have announced that they plan to launch a new programme aimed at stopping sexual harassment and violence against women and girls.
UN-HABITAT awards 51 global youth empowerment projects  
Nairobi, 11 Aug 10
UN-HABITAT has awarded grants from its Urban Youth Fund to 51 projects proposed by young people from around the world.
UN-HABITAT joins the Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence  
Rio de Janeiro, 23 May 10
UN-HABITAT became a member of the Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence, during the fifth World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which took place from March 22 to 26.
Applications pour in for UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund  
Nairobi, 14 May 10
The UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund is growing increasingly popular with youth groups across the developing world judging by a 40 percent rise in applications over last year. Among regions showing the largest increase in applications are Latin America, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Making cities safer for women  
Seoul, 16 Nov 09
UN-HABITAT recently launched two new publications aimed at making cities safer for women. The books were released at the 2nd Metropolis Women International Network Forum in Seoul.
UN-HABITAT and the Volkswagen Foundation launch a research programme on urban violence prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa.  
Nairobi, 23 Sept 09
Urban Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: Its impacts, coping strategies and peace building (U-Care Programme) is a three year research programme funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
Advancing social entrepreneurship  
Nairobi, 1 Jul 08
UN HABITAT, the University of Colorado and partners held a two-day seminar this week to launch a new research study in Kenya,
Curtain falls on youth summit  
Durban, 23 Jun 08
The International Youth Crime Prevention and Cities Summit came to a close in Durban, South Africa with recommendations on how best to tackle the issue of safety in urban areas.
Pomp and pageantry as summit on youth and crime opens in Durban  
Durban, 18 Jun 08
Pomp and pageantry marked the official opening ceremony of an International Youth Crime Prevention and Cities Summit in this east coast South African city Wednesday.
Kenya’s youth violence prevention week comes to a close  
Nairobi, 4 Mar 08
A youth violence prevention week came to a close at the weekend with participants pledging to spread the peace message across Kenya after two months of tension and ethnic violence following elections in December 2007.
Kenya youth launch anti-violence campaign  
Nairobi, 26 Feb 08
Hundreds of young Kenyans gathered on Monday to launch a campaign aimed at getting their peers to refrain from post-election violence that has so far claimed some 1,000 lives and displacing almost 300,000 people around the country.
Youths converge on UN Africa headquarters in Kenya to launch a peace campaign  
Nairobi, 4 Feb 08
UN-HABITAT and UNICEF held a peace meeting at UN headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday in an effort to persuade young Kenyans to be ambassadors for peace in their troubled country. And the stories and tears flowed as young people recounted what happened as post-election violence ushered in a grim new year for the East African country.
Holland’s youngest city councillors present a “Millennium Municipality Declaration”  
The Hague, 8 Oct 07
UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka was presented a “Millennium Municipality Declaration” on World Habitat Day last week by a group representing the youngest members of municipalities accross The Netherlands.
Working together in making Kosovo cities safe and just  
Kosovo, 8 Oct 07
Various activities were held in different parts of Kosovo to mark the 2007 World Habitat Day organized jointly by city municipalities and UN-HABITAT’s Municipal Spatial Planning Support Programme ‘Making Better Cities Together’. The focus of the activities was on looking for ideas which can be implemented through cooperation with various stakeholders and would lead to increased safety of women and children; safer public spaces open to various social, ethnic, and age groups; safer school environments and disaster prevention.
Grand finale for World Habitat Day in Monterrey, Mexico  
Monterrey, 8 Oct 07
World Habitat Day 2007 closed in a grand finale on Friday in theMexican city of Monterrey as part of the Universal Forum of Cultures.
This occasion marked the end of a week of activities all around the world that began in The Hague on 1 October.
Delegates gather in Monterrey to discuss urban crime  
Monterrey, 4 Oct 07
Over 600 delegates from some 42 countries drawn across the globe gathered in the Mexican city of Monterrey from Monday for a conference that is discussing urban crime and violence prevention. Those delivering key speeches at the opening of the meeting included UN-HABITAT's Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Making Polish cities safer  
Warsaw, 3 Oct 07
Senior Polish officials pledged on World Habitat Day to do all they can to make the country’s cities safer and more inclusive for all their citizens.
“The quality of life in our cities depends to the great extent on the level of security. We are very much interested in learning how spatial planning may improve security of city inhabitants,” Poland’s Minister of Construction, Mr. Miroslaw Barszcz, said in a speech marking World Habitat Day.
Pomp and glamour at the Kenyan World Habitat Day celebrations  
Thika, 2 Oct 07
Pomp and glamour marked Kenya’s national World Habitat Day celebrations held in Thika, some 40 kilometers North-West of Nairobi.
Song and dance, acrobatic performances and poems marked the day which saw a huge turnout from government officials
A glittering World Habitat Day opening  
The Hague, 1 Oct 07
UN-HABITAT's Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, on Monday joined members of the Dutch government and the Mayor of the Hague, Mr. Wim Deetman for the 2007 celebration of World Habitat Day.
UN-HABITAT launches safety campaign in Nairobi slum  
Nairobi, 13 Jun 07
Games, song and dance were the main fares dished out to residents of Kibera slums in Nairobi as UN-HABITAT took its Safer Spaces and Streets campaign to the area at the weekend.
Climbing Africa’s highest mountain to highlight the fight against urban crime  
Nairobi, 20 Feb 07
In what has become an annual event, a group of youths will next week embark on the second climb of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro to highlight the problem of growing crime in the East African cities.
UN-HABITAT and Government of Italy boosts Korogocho sports facilities  
Nairobi, 4 Dec 06
For the residents of Korogocho, one of Nairobi’s largest slums, last Sunday was a special day as they set aside the daily grind of their lives to witness a landmark event where UN-HABITAT and the Government of Italy joined hands to give them a better sports facility.
Nairobi Safer Spaces and Streets Day  
Nairobi, 16 Sept 06
The city of Nairobi celebrated the first annual ‘Safer Spaces and Streets Day’. There were calls to upgrade and reopen open spaces and sports fields in low income neigbourhoods and to hold monthly Safer Spaces and Streets Day events every last Saturday of the month at different neighbourhoods.
New envoys from Norway and Belgium  
Nairobi, 8 Dec 05
The new Permanent Representatives of Norway and Belgium today presented their credentials to the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka. They are Ms. Elisabeth Jacobsen of Norway and Ms. Cristina Funes-Noppen of Belgium.
Africa’s first Hip-Hop Summit  
Johannesburg, 9 Nov 05
Shouting their message in full volume to more than 500 participants at the first African Hip-Hop Summit in Newtown, Johannesburg, leading Hip-Hop artists from around the world teamed up with UN-HABITAT last month to help give young people a voice in their affairs.
Tibaijuka receives European Permanent Representative  
Nairobi, 7 Nov 05
The Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, on Monday received the credentials of the Permanent Representative of the European Commission to UN-HABITAT, Mr. Eric Jacob van der Linden.
Urban development meeting adopts new declaration on cities  
Geneva, 2 Nov 05
The International Platform on Sustainable Urban Development, has adopted the “Geneva Declaration for a viable future in cities” with the objective of creating a world solidarity network for better human settlements.
UN-HABITAT sponsors Journalist of the Year awards  
Nairobi, 22 Dec 04
UN-HABITAT and the Kenya Union of Journalists today signed an agreement which will see the global agency actively participating in Journalist of the Year Awards by awarding cash prizes to selected winners. At a ceremony in Nairobi, Deputy Executive Director Mr. Daniel Biau signed on behalf of UN-HABITAT while KUJ secretary general Ezekiel Mutua represented the union.
City Council and UN-HABITAT launch new safety convention for Nairobi  
Nairobi, 6 Oct 04
UN-HABITAT Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka on Wednesday launched the Residents Convention for a Safer Nairobi for All and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Local Government to make the capital safer and replicate the project in other Kenyan urban centres.
Africities mayors pledge better urban services  
Yaoundé, 8 Dec 03
Mayors and local government officials from across Africa at the weekend concluded the Third Africities Summit in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with a pledge to work harder and cooperate more closely to provide better urban services to millions of citizens living in slums and informal settlements.
Striving for crime-free, safer cities  
Durban, 10 Nov 03
UN-HABITAT’s Safer Cities Programme and eThekwini Municipality are jointly organising an international conference in the South African city of Durban aimed at keeping up efforts to reduce crime and insecurity in towns and cities around the world. The conference on Sustainable Safety: Municipalities at the Crossroads will be held from 25-28 November.
Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, this week paid a courtesy call on the Kenyan Minister for Local Government  
Nairobi, Kenya, 5 Feb 03
Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, this week paid a courtesy call on the Kenyan Minister for Local Government, Hon. Emmanuel Karisa Maitha.
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